6.7% ▲ +61.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hughenden · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hughenden
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Hughenden compared to most other areas. The town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, which is reflected in the high proportion of residents claiming English, Australian, Irish, or Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, at 38.8% and 37.5% respectively. Irish ancestry is also prominent at 12.2%, while 10.2% of people claim Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland (22.7%) and Australian (27.7%) rates. About 80.7% of residents were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from New Zealand, England, India and the Philippines.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Hughenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31369/hughenden/topic/ancestry-heritage